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Illustrations Green sofa reupholstered in black oilcloth in Iasnaia Poliana (2002) 28 Book cover of German edition of The Kreutzer Sonata 47 John the Baptist, fragment of Alexander Ivanov’s Christ Appears to the People 68 Vladimir Solov’ev in 1881 69 Vladimir Solov’ev in 1900 72 Church in Tarakanovo in 1900s 90 Ruins of church in Tarakanovo (2002) 90 Alexander Blok in 1907 92 Liubov’ Dmitrievna Blok in 1905 or 1906 93 View from Blok’s study in Shakhmatovo (2002) 94 Blok and Liubov’ Dmitrievna in Shakhmatovo, caricature by Alexander Blok 99 Andrei Bely and Sergei Solov’ev with photographs of L. D. Blok-Mendeleeva and V. Solov’ev (1904) 100 L. D. Blok-Mendeleeva room in Shakhmatovo house (2002) 104 Liubov’ Delmas as Carmen in 1913 108 Portrait of Blok by Constantine Somov (1907) 110 Caricature of Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1905) 112 Blok’s marginalia in manuscript of Retribution 118 Blok on deathbed (August 8, 1921) 124 Natal’ia Volokhova 131 Portrait of young woman painted on wood 134 St. Petersburg Wax Museum 136 Gustave Moreau, The Apparition (1876) 145 Odilon Redon, Head of Orpheus Floating on the Waters (1881) 146 ix Baptistery in Basilica of San Marco, Venice 147 Salome in Basilica of San Marco, Venice 148 Aubrey Beardsley, Climax, illustration to Oscar Wilde’s Salome 150 Quentin Metsys, Salome Offering the Head of St. John the Baptist to Herod (1508) 155 Zinaida Gippius ca. 1901 167 Dmitrii Merezhkovsky 168 Zinaida Gippius in 1890s 170 Leon Bakst, portrait of Zinaida Gippius (1906) 172 Zinaida Gippius in 1890s 173 Leon Bakst, portrait of Zinaida Gippius (1900) 174 Anonymous pencil drawing of Zinaida Gippius 175 Caricature of Zinaida Gippius by Mitrich (1907) 176 Zinaida Gippius, Dmitrii Filosofov, and Dmitrii Merezhkovsky 193 Vasilii Rozanov 237 Book cover of Fallen Leaves by Vasilii Rozanov 239 Vasilii Rozanov, Fallen Leaves, page from index 240 Family photograph from Vasilii Rozanov’s Fallen Leaves 272 x Illustrations ...

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